Tank for vehicles



L. N. PALMER.

TANK FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov 20. 1918.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Wifmss'es:

; UNITED STATE$ LANCELOT NASH PALMER, or roorme, LONDON, ENeLANi').

PATENT O 'rAivKroR VEHICLES To all a hom it may concern:

Be it' known that I, LANCELOT NAsrr PALMER, a subject ofthe King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and residing at 190 Nellison road, Tooting,in the county of London, England, have invented Improvements in orRelating to Tanks for Vehicles, and of which ,the'following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to utilize the space occupied by thebody of a motor vehicle, so far as it is not requiredfor seatingaccommodation, as a reservoir for the storage under pressure orotherwise of the fluid such as petrol, gas, water, or the like, whichmay be required for use in propelling the vehicle, or for other purposein connection with the working of same. In the case of petrol and thelike it allows of a larger store being carried on the vehicle than whenthe tank for same is merely one of the accessories attached thereto, orpart of the carriage is used for the purpose; and in the case of gas itdoes away with the resistance to the air offered by the usual capaciousgas bag arranged above the cover of the vehicle.

This invention consists in making the body of the car of metal or othersuitable material capable of being rendered fluidtight so as to securelyretainthe petrol, gas or other fluid under pressure, and in the form ofa hollow box or tank, with a re-,

cess or depressionor depressions within its dimensions to provide aspace or spaces for the seat or seats for the driver or passengers,

or both, there being a hollow space beneath the floor of every suchdepression, and all walls at the back or ends'of the seats. or aroundthe seats, excepting any door or doorway, being formed into hollowchambers opening below into the main or foundation part of the hollowbox forming the tank container body.

Parts of the body of a motorroad vehicle have been previously describedand illustrated as utilizablefor a similar purpose as container tanks,but the essential feature of this invention is the utilization of thewhole of the bodyv for this purpose with the ex ception only of suchspaces as may be required for seats.

In order that this invention may be better 7 understood reference may behad to the following description of an embodiment thereof, theconstruction of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, ofwhich:-

Figure 1 is a side view of a fluid-proof Application filed November20,,19Il8. Serial No. 263,404.

container tank body for a motor road vehicle. 7

Fig. 2 through the body shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

In the drawings (6 indicates the outer wall and b the inner wall, eachconstructed of metal plates shaped to the required form, and suitablyjoined together in a fluid-tight Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Feb. 3, 1920. A, M

is a view in' longitudinal section manner, preferably by means ofoXy-acetylene welding.

It will be 'seenthat seating accommoda tion is provided for within thedimensions of the vehicle by forming the inner wall I) with recesses,within which seats 0 may be secured to studs welded to the said walls 6or otherwise suitably fixed. The doorways d, which open to said seatingrecesses through the outer and inner walls are preferably fitted withdoorse of a suitable type. Between the floor of each recess and theouter-wall a light frame or grid 7' may be provided for supporting thefloor of the de- I 80 Fluid, for example petrol, is charged intopressions containing the seats.

the tank through the supply aperture f covered by a fluid-tight lid 9,and is withdrawn for use by the motor or otherwise through the feed-pipe71..

When the tank body is to be used for containing a gaseous fluid, forexample coalgas, the fluid is preferably subjected to a pressure greaterthan that of the atmosphere and may be charged through a valve jointedto an aperture conveniently made in one of the walls, and which valvecan be opened or closed at will for the admission or retentionrespectively of fluid, and the pipe h is then preferably furnished witha reducing valve for supplying the said gas at uniform pressure to theengine.

I claim 1. A tank for a motor road vehicle constructed to form thefront, rear, upper, side and under portions of a motor road vehicle bodyhaving a; walled recess or'depression within the dimensions thereof,said recess or depression being open at the top and having a doorwayopening thereinto through side outer and inner walls of said tank, incombination with means whereby said tank may be charged and discharged,substantially as described.

2. A tank for a motorv road vehicle constructed to form the front, rear,upper, side and under portions of a hollow motor road vehiclebody andhaving .a walled reoess or i depression Within the dimensions thereof,

and a pipe whereby it may be discharged, and a door fora doorway openininto said recess or depression, substanti 1y as dea scribed.

3. The combination in a tank for motor road vehicles of platingconstructed to form the front, rear, upperfside and underpob tions of ahollowmotor road vehicle body,

outer and inner Walled seating recesses Within the dimensions of thesaid body, said recesses being open at the top and having each adoorway, doors for ,openingand closing each of said doorWays,a lidadapted for the '20 fluid-tight closure ofsaid' tank at the'upper vportion thereof and a'pipe at the'lower fore portion thereof throughwhich fluid may be Withdrawn from said tank, substantially as describedfor the "purposes set forth.

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